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Monday, January 7, 2013

Shrimp Bee Bim Bop

There has been something very important missing from the Everyday Foodie fridge the past month or so. It was missing the best, stinkiest, tastiest food that usually takes up residence in there.

We were out of kimchi!!!!

The only good thing about the statement above is that someone must have eaten the two liters that were in there, and eating kimchi is never a bad thing.

Today I made the necessary, and long overdue stop at the Korean grocery store to pick up some more of my precious. We then got to work making the very strange sounding, yet easy, and incredibly delicious, bee bim bop. If you are too scared to try bee bim bop - don't be. Go to a Korean restaurant, and order it in a hot stone pot. There is nothing weird about rice, veggies, a bit of meat and an egg.

Cook the rice however you like to cook rice (but please tell me it's not in the microwave). Meanwhile, stir-fry the veggies in sesame oil or other. Sprinkle with some sugar to sweeten them up a bit. Remove once softened and set on a plate. Toss some thawed/cooked shrimp into the wok and stir fry until hot. Remove shrimp and set aside. Fry up one egg per person.

Assemble the bowl however you like, but stir in that gochujang (there is never enough), and toss the friedegg on top. I like top my bowl with obscene amounts of kimchi, seaweed and raw green onions.

No kimchi??! Ha ha, blasphemous. I can't wait to pick some up on Saturday! And bibimbap is so damn good, I love gochujang paste. So spicy and sesame-y and flavorful. Today I made a curry with random farmer's market veggies and rice. Sounds boring, maybe, but it was crazy good - especially with sriracha and avocado!

I've never tried it traditionally, but I've made my own! Loved it and totally forgot about it, thanks for the reminder!Only a few more weeks (until baby is here) and I can eat runny egg yolk - drools......... 8 + months is long enough, I miss them terribly!